GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| defer | put off |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |